3790 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 16 / Monday, January 26, 1998 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.037]

Office of Postsecondary Education;

Availability of the Federal Perkins Loan

and National Direct Student Loan

Programs Directory of Designated

Low-Income Schools For Teacher

Cancellation Benefits For the 1997–98

School Year

ACTION: Notice of availability of the

Federal Perkins Loan and National

Direct Student Loan Programs Directory

of Designated Low-Income Schools for

Teacher Cancellation Benefits for the

1997–98 School Year.

SUMMARY: The Secretary announces that

the 1997–98 Federal Perkins Loan and

National Direct Student Loan Programs

Directory of Designated Low-Income

Schools (Directory) is now available.

Under the Federal Perkins Loan and

National Direct Student Loan programs,

a borrower may have repayment of his

or her loan deferred and a portion of his

or her loan canceled if the borrower

teaches full-time for a complete

academic year in a designated

elementary or secondary school having

a high concentration of students from

low-income families. In the 1997–98

Directory, the Secretary lists, on a Stateby-State and Territory-by-Territory

basis, the schools in which a borrower

may teach during the 1997–98 school

year to qualify for deferment and

cancellation benefits.

DATES: The Directory is currently

available.

ADDRESSES: Information concerning

specific schools listed in the Directory

may be obtained from Sherraine Green,

Systems Administration Branch,

Campus-Based Programs Systems

Division, Office of Postsecondary

Education, U.S. Department of

Education, 600 Independence Avenue,

SW., (Regional Office Building 3, Room

4621), Washington, DC 20202–5447,

Telephone (202) 708–5182. Information

concerning deferment and cancellation

of a National Direct or Federal Perkins

loan may be obtained from Sylvia Ross

or Gail McLarnon, Program Specialists,

Campus-Based Loan Programs Section,

Loans Branch, Policy Development

Division, Office of Postsecondary

Education, U.S. Department of

Education, 600 Independence Avenue,

SW., (Regional Office Building 3, Room

3045), Washington, DC 20202–5447,

Telephone (202) 708–8242. Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8

p.m., Eastern time, Monday through

Friday.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this document in an alternate

format (e.g., Braille, large print,

audiotape, or computer diskette) to the

contact person listed in the preceding

paragraph.

Electronic Access to This Document

Anyone may view this document, as

well as all other Department of

Education documents published in the

Federal Register, in text or portable

document format (pdf) on the World

Wide Web at either of the following

sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm

http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use the pdf you must have the Adobe

Acrobat Reader Program with Search,

which is available free at either of the

previous sites. If you have questions

about using the pdf, call the U.S.

Government Printing Office toll free at

1–888–293–6498.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Directories are available at (1) each

institution of higher education

participating in the Federal Perkins

Loan Program, (2) each of the fifty-seven

(57) State and Territory Departments of

Education, (3) each of the major Federal

Perkins Loan billing services, and (4)

the U.S. Department of Education,

including its regional offices.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Secretary selects the schools that qualify

the borrower for deferment and

cancellation benefits under the

procedures contained in the Federal

Perkins Loan program regulation in 34

CFR 674.53, 674.54 and 674.55.

The Secretary has determined that, for

the 1997–98 academic year, full-time

teaching in the schools set forth in the

1997–98 Directory qualifies a borrower

for deferment and cancellation benefits.

The Secretary is providing the

Directory to each institution

participating in the Federal Perkins

Loan Program. Borrowers and other

interested parties may check with their

lending institutions, the appropriate

State or Territory Department of

Education, regional offices of the

Department of Education, or the Office

of Postsecondary Education of the

Department of Education concerning the

identity of qualifying schools for the

1997–98 academic year. The Office of

Postsecondary Education retains, on a

permanent basis, copies of past

Directories.

Dated: January 14, 1998.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 98–1811 Filed 1–23–98; 8:45 am]

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